![]() If you are on the fence then I’d say just buy it. It makes working on my Mac in a Windows environment so much more pleasant and productive. I don’t have much more to say other than I’m sorry that I didn’t spend the $30 sooner. Jump Desktop always sizes the RDP session correctly to make the best use of my monitor without going full screen. The selection of resolutions was pretty limited and never seemed sized right because sometimes I’d be using an external monitor and sometimes I’m just running native on my 11" MacBook Air. With the Microsoft client, if I didn’t want to run in full screen mode then I was pretty much limited to setting a specific resolution. It is also much better at dealing with my dual monitor setup than Microsoft’s RDP client. With a good system of tags it’s very easy to find the server(s) you are looking for. So I can easily click on the tag group to see all the servers in my lab domain, or I can see a group of domain controllers to see all the domain controllers including both the lab and prod domains. One of the best features is that your RDP connections are organized by tags and each can have multiple tags. It was pretty hard to accept the idea of paying $30 for something when I use Terminals for free on Windows but after the initial purchase I haven’t regretted it. Instead I found myself settling on Jump Desktop. It’s strangley blocked by my corporate proxy server, but it didn’t seem to offer much in the way of managing a large number of saved connections so I didn’t bother trying to download it through other means. I looked a little bit at CoRD but didn’t actually even download it to give it a try. I’ve been using Microsoft Remote Desktop to manage Windows servers from my Mac for a few years now and I finally decided I’d had enough. With IPsec it booted me off but with SSL VPN it doesn't.I just wanted to write up a quick endorsement for Jump Desktop. Recently i changed from using an IPSec VPN to a SSL VPN as it was easier to RDP to that host and start the VPN. What type of VPN is in use? IPSec, SSL VPN, OpenVPN, L2TP.etc Check local route tables both on and off VPN. Google whats my IP to check your public IP in use both on and off the VPN. In this case you may need to contact the network admins for the VPN network to ask what remote access methods are allowed.Īnother good troubleshooting tip - would be to examine the IP configuration of the Mac when connected to the VPN and when not connected. Its also possible the network the VPN routes out may have a firewall or other network device(maybe a proxy) that is blocking or filtering internet access when connected. It sounds like the VPN connection is a full tunnel(not split tunnel) that changes the Mac's outbound public IP thereby breaking your remote app of choice. Perhaps try TeamViewer - it should work as long as there is an internet connection for the host? Using the SSH Tunnel was my idea, but either I didn't connect correctly, or it didn't bypass the VPN access rules. Now I am wondering if it's possible to connect to the machine when it is in the VPN or not. However, the connection dies when I connect to the VPN too. Switching to use another third-party tool, Screens, allowed me to configure an SSH Tunnel through the UI. All the Jump Desktop Documentation is for local connections. I've tried to connect using the native VNC in the Mac without success. Next, I added a Dynamic DNS to the machine, but it didn't work either. The theory is that the Macbook is in a home network. My first option was to create an SSH Tunnel to connect. Making any changes to the VPN is not an option. However, turning on the VPN in that Macbook kills my connection. I've been trying to connect to a Macbook using a remote desktop ( Jump Desktop Connect, being precise) over the internet.
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